David Mamet World Quotations

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.

In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.

When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that.

Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated?